Temperature dependence of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of binuclear Cu(II) complexes with amide-based cyclophanes, Cu 2 (bis-EDTAPDN), Cu2(bis-EDTANAP) and Cu2(bis-EDTABPE), in 60% methanol (pH ca. 10) has been studied at a frequency of 9.43 GHz in the temperature range of 77-4.2 K; the cyclophanes are macrocyclic compounds in which four amide bonds link two ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) units and two units of the aromatic diamine 1,4-phenylenediamine (DPN), 1,5-diaminonaphthalene (NAP) or bis(4-aminophenyl) ether (BPE). Exchange integrals found from the EPR measurements are ca. 70-105 cm -', 22 cm -' and J < 0, for Cu2(bis-EDTAPDN), Cu 2 (bis-EDTANAP) and Cu2(bis-EDTABPE), respectively; the sign of J is defined to be positive for antiferromagnetic interaction. The variation of exchange interactions in these compounds is related to the nature of the bridging organic groups.